91.   Overall sentiment remained very weak.

92.   On the stock market, sentiment remained low after the news about Rubin and the Russian prime minister.

93.   On the Tokyo Stock Exchange, overall sentiment remained poor due to worries about corporate earnings and the direction of emerging markets, including Brazil and Russia.

94.   Regional sentiment remains fragile, bearish, NEW STRAITS TIMES-

95.   Sentiments remained cautious thereafter as the market was bombarded by what appeared like an endless stream of negative developments, particularly on the foreign exchange front.

96.   Sentiment remained strong following a record high closing on Wall Street overnight.

97.   Sentiment remained cautious about both Hong Kong and regional markets, despite the improvement in the local interest rate environment, they added.

98.   Sentiment remained solid amid continued buying from foreign investors and Japanese individuals.

99.   South Korea, where anti-Japanese sentiment remains rife, took a wait-and-see attitude.

100.   Sugawara said, however, that overall market sentiment remains bullish.